oxxx Oppenheimer The Compound - Chapters The CompoundChapter 2 Allusions and other ReferencesAll Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.” Oppenheimer "Oppenheimer himself later quoted some old text: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
“They probably realized weeks later on August 6, when the United States bombed Hiroshima, and then August 9, Nagasaki. The events of July 16 paled next to those.”
Sharpie
"Never without a fine-point Sharpie, he always dated everything."
Starbucks
"Whenever we went through the Starbucks drive-through to get his coffee, he'd date the paper cup."
On the Beach
"My fingers tore away the wrinkled white tissue paper. A first edition of On the Beach, a 1950's classic about the world after a nuclear war." cyanide"The survivors in the book stirred up jealousy in me. They saw the end creeping toward them, but all the while they were still in control of their own destiny. Yes, they were doomed, but they had the opportunity to choose when their final breaths occurred.I envied them that, having cyanide as an option." SeaHawks "The front lawn had been transformed into a footballfield by temporary white chalk lines. The Seahawks played flag football with us for a long time. I should have been enjoying it. I wasn't."
Midwest New England "To Eddy and me, it was cool. War was exciting, especially nuclear war. But it was exciting in the same way a California earthquake might be exciting to a person from the Midwest, or a tornado might be exciting to a person who lives in New England." The Matrix
"I chose The Matrix, even though it was old and I'd seen it about a hundred times."
Cary Grant
"My mom liked old Cary Grant movies. Sometimes I watched them with her."
woman's work“That was one thing to be thankful for. Dad believed things like laundry and ironing were strictly women’s work. Fine with me.”
Blockbuster "Our collection of movies and music was incomparable, as if Dad had sauntered into Blockbuster and Music World and demanded one of everything."
"My gut had realized it was our birthday even though my brain didn't"
"I didn't own a calendar. And I sure as hell didn't mark off the days like some survivor on a desert island."
"...on August 6, when the United States bombed Hiroshima, and the August 9, Nagasaki. The events of July 16 paled next to those."
"...I wouldn't be surprised if he'd Sharpied the date on my forehead when I was born."
"The grayish flour stuck to my fingers. 'I thought flour didn't go bad' (Eli).....'I thought so, too. (Mom)"
"...it was exciting in the same way a California earthquake might be exciting to a person from the Midwest, or a tornado might be exciting to a person who lives in NewEngland."
"the clown raised his freakish eyebrows. 'You're obviously the evil twin.'"
"I chose The Matrix, even though it was old and I'd seen it about a hundred times."
Oppenheimer
The Compound - Chapters
Allusions and other ReferencesAll Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.”
Oppenheimer
"Oppenheimer himself later quoted some
old text:
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
“They probably realized weeks later on August 6, when the United States bombed Hiroshima, and then August 9, Nagasaki. The events of July 16 paled next to those.”
Sharpie
"Never without a fine-point Sharpie, he always dated everything."
Starbucks
"Whenever we went through the Starbucks drive-through to get his coffee, he'd date the paper cup."
On the Beach
"My fingers tore away the wrinkled white tissue paper. A first edition of On the Beach, a 1950's classic about the world after a nuclear war."
cyanide
SeaHawks
"The front lawn had been transformed into a footballfield by temporary white chalk lines. The Seahawks played flag football with us for a long time. I should have been enjoying it. I wasn't."
Midwest
"To Eddy and me, it was cool. War was exciting, especially nuclear war. But it was exciting in the same way a California earthquake might be exciting to a person from the Midwest, or a tornado might be exciting to a person who lives in New England."
The Matrix
"I chose The Matrix, even though it was old and I'd seen it about a hundred times."
Cary Grant
"My mom liked old Cary Grant movies. Sometimes I watched them with her."
woman's work
Blockbuster
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Vocabulary and Concepts
first edition
espresso
hydroponics
Mandarin
prototype
Literary Devices
"My gut had realized it was our birthday even though my brain didn't"
"I didn't own a calendar. And I sure as hell didn't mark off the days like some survivor on a desert island."
"...on August 6, when the United States bombed Hiroshima, and the August 9, Nagasaki. The events of July 16 paled next to those."
"...I wouldn't be surprised if he'd Sharpied the date on my forehead when I was born."
"The grayish flour stuck to my fingers. 'I thought flour didn't go bad' (Eli).....'I thought so, too. (Mom)"
"...it was exciting in the same way a California earthquake might be exciting to a person from the Midwest, or a tornado might be exciting to a person who lives in NewEngland."
"the clown raised his freakish eyebrows. 'You're obviously the evil twin.'"
"I chose The Matrix, even though it was old and I'd seen it about a hundred times."